Love of a Tree Hugger

Chapter 20

Eric POV

I can't believe she kissed me like that. I don't think I will be able to wait till after inniation to tell her how I feel. Does she like me to? If she didn't would she have kissed me like that? I can't believe how well our lips went together. It felt like they were made for each other. I wish she didn't pull away. I could have sat there kissing her all night.

I know from overhearing her conversation with her friends that she wants a man who makes her see fireworks. After pulling away from I could have sworn I heard her say fireworks but I might be wrong. I hope I am right.

I got drawn out of my daydream by hearing them calling her name.

"Blaze. Dauntless or candor?"

Please pick Dauntless and please let them dare her to kiss me again. Or I will be even happy if they dare her to give me a lap dance like they made four do to her. It took everything I had not to go over there and throw him off of the ledge. What the hell was he doing shaking his dick and ass at my girl?!? Alright dumb ass I have to remember she isn't my girl YET.

They are asking her something about a tattoo. I didnt even realize she had gotten a tattoo. I feel a little stab to the heart that I didnt know and I wasn't with her when she got her first one.

Four and Carter are being asses about seeing her tattoo. I would stop them but I am really curious about what it is especially since she is fighting them so hard.

"It's no big deal. It's just a quote."

"A brave man never surrenders."

My heart swells in a way I have never thought it could. I can't help but grin. Then she looks at me. She has tears running down her face and she looks like she has been punched. I want to wrap my arms around her and tell her it's okay and how happy I am about her tattoo. But then she runs.

I take off after her yelling her name. She can't be so fast she is drunk and stumbling when she took off.

Oh shit! I hope she doesn't go near the chasm. She isn't near the chasm. Maybe the dorm? No she isn't in the dorm.

Maybe the training room? As I walk in I can hear crying.

"Blaze are you in here?" I know she is but I am not sure where.

She doesn't answer me but I follow the sounds of her cries and find her balled up in the far corner of the room.

I sit down in the corner beside her. I have no experience in comforting somebody. I am Eric the mean ruthless leader of Dauntless but right now I just feel like a scared heart broken man. The woman I care about is broken and I don't know how to fix her.

I reach out for her but she flinches away from me. I grab her and pull her into my lap.

"Come on babe. Tell me what's wrong." I just hold her against my chest and rub her back.

"Look at me." I grab her chin and turn her face towards me. "Tell me what's wrong? You can tell me."

"I-i-i can't." She still has tears running down her face but she is calming down.

"Yes you can babe. You can tell me anything. I just want you to be okay. Please talk to me."

I see her take a deep breath. "I am just humilated. I am sorry I didn't mean to upset you." She looks at me with such sad eyes.

"Don't worry about me. What are you humilated about?"

"The kiss." She whispers.

"Why are you humilated about the kiss? Honestly it was the best kiss I have ever had."

"Really?!?" she looks at me like she is trying to tell whether I am telling the truth or not. "It was my first." She blushes and looks down at her lap.

It was her first? Her first what? That couldn't have been her first kiss. She has at least a dozen or more guys trying to go out with her. And that kiss was so amazing. It was the first time I have ever kissed anybody that I had feelings for. Usually I only kissed girls when I was trying to get more out of them.

"Was that your first kiss? How is that possible when you have all these guys chasing you. And I thought amity was all about free love."

"Yes it was my first kiss. I have had friendly kisses to the cheek or the forehead but never a passionate one on the lips kiss. I always wanted my first real kiss to be special. And amity is about free love but I am about true love."

Oh shit! I was her first kiss. She wanted her first kiss to be special. I feel so guilty now.

"I am so sorry sunshine. If I had known I wouldnt have let you kiss me. I am sorry your first time wasn't special."

"Eric I know you have kissed hundreds of girls so it wasn't special to you but it was very special to me. I wouldn't trade that kiss for anything. It was perfect."

As she looks up at me with her eyes still full of unshed tears I lean down and place my lips less then an inch from hers.

"It was very special to me." I tell her before I crash my lips into hers. I try to take my time and kiss her tenderly but I now know what she means about the spark about the fireworks. I run my tongue along her bottom lip hoping she will let me explore her mouth.

I can't help but groan when she opens her mouth and puts her tongue inside mine. Our lips just fit so perfectly. I could sit here and do this for hours.

She starts pushing me away. Does she not like the kiss?

"Eric I can't breathe. Please I want to keep kissing you but I can't breathe."

I don't want to pull away from her lips but I know she needs to breathe. As I pull away from her lips I look into her eyes. "Fireworks."

She nods her head yes and replies "fireworks."

I kiss her on the nose.

I need to tell her how I feel. I need to make her mine. I don't want anybody else touching her.

"Blaze?"

She looks up at me with the most beautiful smile. I can't help but run my fingers through her thick red hair.

"I like you."

Her smile gets even bigger She hugs me around my neck. "I like you too."